Two women of a family were gangraped by four unidentified persons during early on Saturday in Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

According to a senior police official, a woman and her daughter-in-law, along with their other family members were staying at an under construction paper mill in Chilamathur mandal in the district.

The motorcycle-borne miscreants raped the women after beating up their husbands-father and son who confronted them.

“We have formed special teams to nab the criminals,” the official said.

Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed the district police to nab the perpetrators as early as possible and arrest them.

Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Telegraph Online staff and has been published from a syndicated feed.